GEORGIAN RESIDENTS STAGE RALLY IN TSALKA

Prime News Agency, Georgia
March 16 2006

Tbilisi. March 16 (Prime News) – The residents of Georgian origin
of Tsalka District of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region staged a rally on
Thursday and called the Armenian population to peaceful coexistence.

Tens of thousand participants of the rally did not ask for any
privileges. They were supporting the local government and said that
the law enforcers must undertake more efficient measures for crime
prevention and bring the criminals to responsibility despite of
their origin, Prime-News was told by Mikheil Tskitishvili, head of
the local governmental unit.

They also said that record keeping must be in Georgian in the region
and called the local population of Armenian origin to peaceful
coexistence.

The local population of Armenian origin staged a protest rally in
Tsalka several days ago, after murder of the Armenian young man. They
were demeaning lynching of the suspected murderers.

The protest rallies were staged in Akhalkalaki for the same reason.

The participants of the rally raided the local governmental unit,
local branch of the TbilisiStateUniversity and court. They were
demanding Armenian record keeping too.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress